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Monster wrote:

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This may seem like a stupid question...but how can there be grass fields listed for semi-final sites? All semi-final games have to be played on turf of some kind.

There's no rule that they be played on turf fields. Turf fields are preferred, but there are many variables.

Sites aren't just available on demand. Some schools don't keep their fields available for the 4th week after the regular season ends. Others don't care to put up with the headaches of hosting an event. College facilities are dependent on what their school's schedule is (do they have a home game that day? Did they make the lower-Division playoffs?). Location is relevant. What schools are playing in the Semifinals are also relevant.

spartwest2 wrote:

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Let's hope the MHSAA does not continue with their policy of having a semi-final site in Lansing. There are now too many outstanding fiacilities available in this state that now have the most modern of turf surfaces. The GR area has as many has five sites - five more then Lansing.

Unlike GR, Lansing is fairly centrally located...

WolverineKeith wrote:

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applefan84 wrote:

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WolverineKeith wrote:

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Anyone have any idea where the hypothetical location would be, should East Grand Rapids and Saint Joseph both take care of business and meeting in the semis? I haven't made it to a game in Michigan in two years now, but that one potentially wouldn't be too far to drive from Chicago. It's also the week after Michigan's season will mercifully end, and I'll need a football fix. Thanks for anyone who can help out.

It's virtually impossible to say. The site that's used depends on what happens in the other Divisions; the teams in those Divisions will also affect what sites are available for every other Division.

Also, the Semifinals will be the day of the Michigan/Ohio State game, not the week after.

Yeah I realized it is the same day after posting that. The game is usually the 3rd Saturday in November, and I had a major brain fart thinking it would all be over by the 15th. +1 dork point for me.

In some future seasons, Michigan/OSU will be the same day/weekend as the State Finals, not the State Semifinals, now that the Big Ten is committed to having every season last 13 weeks. It was traditionally the Big Ten's rule that the season ended the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving. However, when the NCAA increased the schedule maximum to 12 games, that presented a conflict. Most years, there are 12 weeks in the Football season prior to Thanksgiving, so for the last few years Big Ten teams have played 12 games in 12 weeks. Last offseason, they voted to change that: every season will last 13 weeks, so that everybody can take 1 week off. In certain years, depending on what day of the month Thanksgiving falls on, there are 13 weeks prior to Thanksgiving, and everybody is happy: the season ends the week prior to Thanksgiving and everybody gets a week off (like this year).